Hong Kong Day 2 (11th Jun)

Breakfast

Venue : Lin Heung Tea House
Total Bill : HK$98



We saw this place being recommended in the Hong Kong handbook we bought and thought to give it a try, since it is stated to be one of the few remaining authentic dim sum restaurant. Anyway, we managed to find the place after about a 20 minutes or so uphill walk.

It is really an old place, which judging from the crowd, really popular as well. There are no waitresses to sit you. Instead, we had to walk around the place, keeping a constant lookout for anyone who might just stand up and leave, which we would then sit down. There is no luxury of choosing our seats, or look for any privacy to eat by yourself or for just the two of us. We had to share table with strangers, who apparently do not care who just sat down with them, but continue to enjoy their food.

Aunties with dim sum in their push carts came round the tables, shouting out what they had with them. Maybe because it was too crowded, we had to wait for quite some time in between one dish to the next, until the husband had to just go up to the push carts to check out what they had once they came out of the kitchen, as what everyone were doing. If not, by the time the push cart came to our table, there would not be anything much that we want to try.

Though it was noisy and packed, and the wait for food was long, it was still an experience to be able to sit in a traditional dim sum restaurant in Hong Kong and yum cha (drink tea).

Upper Lascar Road

This street is packed with shops and street stalls selling all sorts of antiques, curios, figurines, etc. Not that we are into antiques and stuff, it just so happened that it is within walking distance from the tea house, and also recommended on the handbook. A lot to see, but nothing really caught our attention.

Man Mo Temple

Just a short distance away is Man Mo Temple, which is a tribute to the God of Literature (Man) and the God of War (Mo).

The Peak

This is one of the most popular tourist attraction in Hong Kong. The only way up to The Peak is by the Peak Tram. The tram is just celebrating its 100 years since operation. It is about a 45 degrees angle as the tram travels to the Peak. We were literally pinned to our seats.

And there are also people living along the sides of the slope. There are 4 tiny tram stops along the steep climb. Can you imagine how hard the passenger had to move from the seat to the door while the tram stops at about a 45 degrees angle for him/her to alight?

Well, as expected with most of the main tourist attractions, there is a long queue to get the tickets for the tram. But there is a shorter way as well, which is to pay more, get something like a package, without having to wait in the long queue for the tram ride. The package cost us HK$170 each, with access to Madam Tussauds, the Sky Terrace, and a two-way tram ride.

Madam Tussauds

Yes, one of the highlights of the day, and a place I had been looking forward to. Can you guess who is who? :)

From the famous in the sports world...


... to the political arena...

... to the stars of the West...

... and of course, our very own stars of the East...

... and also, my favourite!!!!!

Sigh! What can I say? The person who made him, artist or whatever they are called, had captured his expression exactly right. Looks real good, right??

But honestly, after a while of looking at these wax figures and taking photos with some of them, my imagination was getting a bit wild. Like maybe one of them would start to shift his/her feet, or start to blink, or just turned around while I was posing with them to tell me "This is a damn bloody tiring job."

Dinner

Venue : Eating Plus

Total Bill : HK$224.40 (including 10% service charge)

There was the fried ramen with vegetables, fried egg noodles with prawns, and a Coke and lemonade.

Sky Terrace

This is the uppermost level of the Peak gallery. However, it is not the highest point. There are other buildings even higher than where we were standing, but all are private apartments, not commercial buildings.

If you live on The Peak, it's like you are living in the middle of Orchard Road. Besides needing to have the monies to flatten the land for your house, you still need to have a road pave out just for you to travel up and down. Also, like the husband mentioned, maybe even need to pay for the maintenance of the road since you are the only one using it. Most likely it's where most of all the movie stars are staying.

See that tiny red circle I made? It was where we were on the first night, watching "A Symphony of Lights" performance.